Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-05-19
THE AMENDED FIRST CLAUSE.
Another Train Robbery in Texas.
AP0L0GIzING TO EDITOR o'BRIEN
SENATORS PREDICT AN EXTRA SESSION.
Locked Out Workmen to Sue the Bosses.
FIRST CLAUSE OF THE BILL.
How IL Originally stood and How Ii
Was Amended BEFORE Its Rassaxe.

Special Cable Dispatch to The EVENING STAR
LONDON, May 19.-As IL has been quite hopeless
Tor any outsider TO follow in det all the debate in
committee on the crimes bill, it has been out OF
the question to transmit such detail daily by
cable. now send you verbatim the first clause
as originally brought In and as now finally
amended In committee. The careless construc-
uon OF this original clause may be gathered from
the numerous important safeguards which upon
pressure, the government has accepted II amore
reasonable and conciliatory disposition had been
shown by the ministers the whole clause might
have been got through in two nights
THE FIRST CLAUSE AS BROUGHT IN
The first clause OF the bill as brought In was as
follows:
''When the attorney-general for Ireland believes
any ohense to which this section applies has been
committed In a proclaimed district he may direct
tne resident magistrate TO hold inquiry under
thls section. Thereupon such resident magistrate
may, although no person may be charged before
MIN with the commission OF such crime sit at a
police court or petty seasonal courthouse police
station and examine oath concerning such Of
tense any witness appearing before him. He
may take the deposition OF such witnesses IL he
see cause, and may bind such witnesses by recog-
nlzance to appear and give evidence at the next
petty sessions or when called upon within three
months from the date OF such recognizance The
epactments relating to compelling attendance
OF witness before justice and to witness attend
ing before justice being required to give evidence
concerning matter OF Information or complaint
1or lndlctaDle onenSe, shall apply for the pur-
poses OF this section as IL they were re-enacted
herein. and In terms made applicable thereto"
THE CLAUSE AS AMENDED.
The clause as amended I'm committee is as fol-
lows: "When sworn Information has been made
that any onenSe to which this section APPLIES has
been committed In proclaimed district the attor-
ney-generai Tor ireland may, IL he thinks fit, by
an order In writing, under his hand direct a resi-
dent magistrate, OF whose legal knowledge and
legal experience the lord chancellor shall be salts
NED, TO hold an inquiry under this section there
upon. Such resident magistrate may il he so
Thinks Mt, although no person may be charged be-
police court, when the offenSe has been commit
ted In dublin. or at the place where the petty ses-
sion slSas dgs 1he petty sessiona district in which
ally held; examine on oath concerning
such onenSe any person whom he has
evidence concerning such offense Other than any
person confeSs1ng himself or herself to be the Of
fender Or husband or wife of such person. and shall
cause may bind such witness by hts own recog-
niZance to appear at the petty sessions or when
called upon within three months from the date OF
such recognizance, provided no sitting OF any in
qulry under this section shall commence except
between the hours OF 10 a m. and p. m: pro-
yided also that shorthand writer shall be In at
tendance at such inquiries, and shall take down
the questions OF the magistrate and the answers
d,Sea OF each ,,M witness; provided also, upon any
which inquiry under this section has been
held such accused person, or his solicitor.
upon being returned for trial. shall forthwith bs
supplied with copies OF all the depoSitfonS taken
at any inquiry under this section of any witness to
be called against him. The enactments contained
In the petty sessions for Ireland OF 1861 sec
tion 13 relating to compelling OF attendance OF a
witness before justice, and to a witness attend
Ing before justice being required to give evidence
concerning the matter OF an Information or COM
plaint for an indictable onense, or concerning
matter or Information or complaint In respect OF
an Of1enSe punishable upon summary conviction
as the clause may be. shall apply for purposes OF
This section as II they were re-enacted herein and
In terms made applicable thereto provided in case
awarrant shall be Issued for the arrest OF any wit
neSSeS In the first Instance without any summons
having previously been served and diSobeyed
Such witness shall on demand be entitled TO re-
celVe from the resident magistrate holding the in
Qulry copy OF the Information or complaint on
which the warrant for his arrest was issued. g.
this section is under the age OF twelve years the
parent or guardian OF such witness or the relative
or friend with whom such witness usually resides
shall be entitled to attend at such inquiry f. Yhe
resident magistrate holding inquiry under this
section shall himself conduct such inquiry: and
shall not permit any other person to question or
examine any Witness"
The first additional provision was inserted at
the Instance OF Marum. The second and NTH pro-
visions and the two concluding sections were tn
serted at the instance OF Healy the fourth at the
instance or Healy, with amendments by the gov.
ernment. In this fourth provision it Will be seen
according TO the draft the solicitor is to be re.
neved from trial In addition to the client.